List of People From Colorado - Musicians

Musicians

• 3OH!3 (formed in Boulder) – Electronica group. Their song Don't Trust Me from the album Want has been certified Platinum by the RIAA.
• Laurie Anderson (lived in Boulder) Avant Gard performer/musician, communications expert, published author.
• The Astronauts (formed in Boulder) – surf rock. Their first album along with the song "Baja" was #61 in May 1963 on the Billboard 200 album chart.
• Ginger Baker (lived in Parker during the 1990s) – English drummer known as a member of Cream.
• Jello Biafra (real name Eric Boucher, born in Boulder, lived in Denver) – Singer, songwriter. Current owner of Alternative Tentacles record label. Former member of the punk band Dead Kennedys.
• Big Head Todd and the Monsters (formed at the University of Colorado at Boulder) – Rock band. Two of the band's albums have reached Billboard's Top 40 Album charts (1993, 1994), with one (Sister Sweetly) certified Platinum by the RIAA.
• Tommy Bolin (lived in Boulder) – Late guitarist. Former member of Zephyr, James Gang, and Deep Purple.
• Breathe Carolina (born and raised in Denver) Their music is described as electronica/screamo. The band consists of two frontmen, Kyle Even and David Schmitt.
• Chris Broderick (lived in Lakewood attended University of Denver) – Current lead guitarist for thrash metal outfit Megadeth.
• Antonia Brico (lived in Denver) – Late conductor and pianist. Former conductor of the Brico Symphony Orchestra and the Denver Symphony Orchestra.
• Jesse Carmichael (born in Boulder) – keyboardist for the rock group Maroon 5
• John Denver (real name Henry Deutschendorf Jr., lived in Aspen) – Late singer, guitarist, & songwriter. Winner of a Grammy Award (1997) and a posthumous Grammy Hall of Fame Award (1998). Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame (1996). Named the official Poet Laureate of the State of Colorado (1977), with his song "Rocky Mountain High," which was named as one of the state's official songs.
• DeVotchKa (formed in Denver) – Rock band. Nominated for a Grammy Award (2006). Assisted in composing and performing the score for the film Little Miss Sunshine.
• Bryan Erickson (lives in Westminster) – Singer, producer. Member of the bands Velvet Acid Christ and Toxic Coma.
• Flobots (formed in Denver) – Hip hop band. Best known for the song Handlebars from their album Fight With Tools. The Flobots also serve as board members on the non-profit organization Flobots.org, a community organization that encourages participation in voter registration, community projects, encouraging children to develop musical skills, bringing music to the public schools, and more. Flobots.org was founded before the band attained any fame.
• The Fluid (formed in Denver) – Grunge band.
• The Fray (formed in Denver) – Rock band. Nominated for two Grammy Awards (2007). Their album How to Save a Life has been certified Double-Platinum by the RIAA.
• India.Arie (born as India Arie Simpson in Denver) – Singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer. Winner of two Grammy Awards (2003, nominated sixteen times). Her three released albums have all hit Billboard's Top 40 Albums chart and have been certified by the RIAA as either Platinum or Multi-Platinum sellers.
• Ronnie Lane (lived and died in Trinidad) – Late singer, songwriter, bass guitarist. Member of the bands Small Faces and Faces, and founder of his own backing band Slim Chance.
• C.W. McCall (lived in Ouray) – Country singer famous for the song Convoy in 1975, later served 6 years as mayor of Ouray in 1986.
• Glenn Miller (full name Alton Glenn Miller, lived in Fort Morgan and Boulder, alumnus of Fort Morgan High School and the University of Colorado at Boulder) – Late trombonist, band leader. Leader of the Glenn Miller Orchestra and the United States Army Air Force Band. At the time of his death, one fifth of all music played on jukeboxes was a Glenn Miller creation.
• Ronnie Montrose (born in Denver) – Rock guitarist who led a number of his own bands as well as performing with a variety of musicians.
• OneRepublic (formed in Colorado Springs) – Rock band. Their album Dreaming Out Loud has been certified Platinum by the RIAA.
• Pretty Lights Fort Collins Colorado
• The Samples (formed in Boulder) Their music is described as reggae influenced rock/pop.
• Tickle Me Pink (Formed in Fort Collins) currently signed to Wind-Up Records. Debut album Madeline.
• Townes Van Zandt (lived in Boulder in his youth and briefly attended The University of Colorado at Boulder) – Country singer and legendary songwriter.
• Velvet Acid Christ An electro-industrial band based in Denver.
• Chuck E. Weiss (grew up in Denver) – American musician and subject of the 1979 Rickie Lee Jones hit "Chuck E.'s in Love."
• Paul Whiteman (born in Denver) – Considered the "King of Jazz." After selling two million records with "The Japanese Sandman", Whiteman added to his fame by being one the first nationally broadcast jazz musicians. Whiteman is remembered for his ability to fuse jazz and classical in hits like Rhapsody in Blue and Whispering . After founding the Whiteman Award competition, he was made music director of the NBC Blue Network (now referred to as ABC).
• Kip Winger (born in Denver) Lead singer/bass player for the 1980s hair metal band Winger. Winger had hit songs such as "Seventeen" and "Headed for a Heartbreak". Since Winger's break up in 1994, Kip Winger has carried on as a solo artist. Since then he has released 4 solo albums.
• Yonder Mountain String Band (based in Nederland, Colorado) – Bluegrass jam band whose fan base has been fueled primarily through live performances since their inception in 1998. Their fourth, and self-titled, 2006 studio album is their first release with a major label.
• Ace Young (born and raised in Denver) – American Idol finalist.